the boom days of coal

An intergenerational oral history project documenting life in the coal camps

of the Upper Kanawha Valley, West Virginia
 

 

 

 

                          

                               Introduction                                                              The Boom Days of Coal Volume I

                                          

          About the Boom Days of Coal Oral History Project                                             Life in the Coal Camps

 

 

                 The Boom Days of Coal Volume II                                     The Boom Days of Coal Volume III

                                        

             Folk Medicine of the Upper Kanawha Valley                                  Music of the Upper Kanawha Valley

 

 

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Link to our how-to manuals:

 

Bridging the Generations:

A Manual for Initiating School-Based Oral History Projects (PDF)

 

Listening to Understand, Not to Diagnose:

Oral History as a Strategy for Promoting Cultural Competence and

Increasing Interest in Aging Populations among Health Professions Students (PDF)

 

 

 

 

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Our Partners:

                                                                                                  

                                                                                                        West Virginia

                                                                                                                                Rural  Health

                                                                                                                                Education Partnerships 

 

© 2006 Kanawha Valley WVRHEP Consortium / Mountain State Geriatric Education Center